Here's an official Wreck, since it was professionally made for an Army guy. Submitter Lena had the decorator replace the original inscription with the most famous of Wreck mistakes, and then swapped Eve out for a toy tank. (Which is especially funny when you realize the blue is supposed to be the night sky - it's a Hover Tank!) Believe it or not, though, the space poos are part of the original design - proving that it wasn't that far off from wreckiness to begin with.

And lastly, the quintessential Cake Wrecks homage:

Not only is the inscription referencing at least five separate Wrecks, it's also rocking some extremely unbalanced sprinkles distribution and crazy clashing red dots. Score!

that last cake... for some reason it disturbs me more than anything to see quotation marks unmatched. Maddening. In paying homage to this site, they made something more hideous than anything yet I've seen.

It was just a matter of time. I must confess that I have had the same thoughts....to order a cake with cake wrecks on top. I was one of those too cheap moms, and made birthday cakes at home. Now all my boys want pineapple-upside down cakes that take no icing, so I am off the hook.

I am now addicted to your blog and have to check it every day. This morning, I laughed so hard, I started to do the ugly laugh...you know, the snorting, cannot breathe, drooling down my chin laugh! Love it!

'The Cake That Started It All''Comguads!' 'Speaking of Weeding...'Almost ALL quotation mark cakes.'There Is No Black And White...' (I got that impression based on the dots.)'What We Have Here is a Failure to Communicate''Extra Terrible'.

There's probably more, but that's all I could count. xD I LOVE your blog, by the way!

I hate to confess that I think the patchwork quilt of wreckish elements is kinda cute ...

I am on my way to pick up my daughter's 25th b-day cake. It is coming from a reputable boutique bakery staffed with English-speaking, culinary school graduate professional bakers and decorators, and it will be decorated with (feminine) dragonflies and ladybugs with my daughter's name in Tiffany blue. I am sure it will be very nice, but I have been having "cake wrecks" nightmares since I ordered it on Tuesday. There are many opportunities for wreck-ness in this one.

Not a cake wreck, but I turned the bakers at Icing on the Cake in Los Gatos, California on to your blog. I confessed that I'd been worried all week about this, even though I saw the clerk write down everything correctly and even said for the decorator to have fun...

I love, love, love your blog! I saw your original cake wreck on Failblog some time ago, and didn't know about your blog until last week. I'm so glad I found it! Thank you for feeding my silly quirky sense of humor like no one else can!

Great Blog, came here via Blogs of Note, which I don't normally follow, however for some perverse reason, I did today. Who would have thought that Cake Wrecks could have made such a successful blog, congratulations.I won't pick on a particular wreck, merely to note that all are within the bound of a disaster. Will post a note at my place to spread the wreckage.

I had a dream about Cake Wrecks last night. What does that say about me?!?! The decorators were arguing whether the babies were supposed to be on the carrots or next to them. I think they wound up going half and half...

The 'we "read" your "blog"' needed one more element - adding "you're" - as in 'we "read" you're "blog"'. That would be another great homage to wreckedness.So glad I found you through Blogs of Note. The first day I read Wrecks I laughed so hard the tears wouldn't stop coming. It wouldn't be the same without your great commentary - you are absolutely hilarious! Thank you!

God when I saw the title for the Wall-E cake I swear I held my breath for a moment....I made one of those a few days ago at work. Thank god that one isn't mine. That "Wall-E" cake is a disaster...Looks NOTHING like the design is supposed to. Maybe I should send a link of this blog to my employers, maybe they'll raise my pay! LOL!!

Okay, I've been stalking your site now for a little bit after a friend blogged about your blog. :) I love it! My mom has been a cake decorator for years, so anything dealing with cake catastrophies humors me. But I feel really dumb... what does "ET" mean? Somebody please explain!

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A Cake Wreck is any cake that is unintentionally sad, silly, creepy, inappropriate - you name it. A Wreck is not necessarily a poorly-made cake; it's simply one I find funny, for any of a number of reasons. Anyone who has ever smeared frosting on a baked good has made a Wreck at one time or another, so I'm not here to vilify decorators: Cake Wrecks is just about finding the funny in unexpected, sugar-filled places.

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